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RESOLUTION#15-n '4 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONDITIONAL USE OF IN A PORTION OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 10 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST OF THE 6TH PRIME MERIDIAN, HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA. WHEREAS, on or about July 15, 2015, Water's View, Inc. (hereafter, "Applicant") made an application to the Hall County Board of Supervisors (hereafter, "Board") for the approval of a conditional use of the following described real estate, to-wit: Legal Description Attached as Exhibit A(hereafter, "Property") and WHEREAS, the Property is located within the RC Restricted Commercial and AG-R Agriculture-River Corridor Zoning Districts of Hall County,Nebraska; and WHEREAS, the Applicant's application requested a Conditional Use Permit for the construction and operation of a sand and gravel pit and an asphalt plant, ready-mix plant, and aggregate recycling plant (hereafter, "Application"); and WHEREAS, on September 8, 2015, the Board held a public hearing on the Application, during which the Board heard and considered evidence from the Applicant and others from the community regarding the Application and whether the Application should be granted or denied; and WHEREAS, the Board finds that sand and gravel pits are authorized under the conditional uses within the RC and AG-R Districts; that a conditional use may be authorized upon consideration of those factors set forth in Section 11 of the Hall County Zoning Resolution; that such use, as limited herein, will not adversely affect the public interest; and that the Board is empowered under the Zoning Resolution to permit such conditional use; and WHEREAS, having considered the evidence offered by proponents and opponents of the Application, the Board hereby identifies the following facts in connection with the Applicant's request to construct and operate a sand and gravel pit at the Property: 1. The Property has access to roads maintained by the State of Nebraska specifically Alda Link (L40C) from the south end of the U.S. Interstate 80 ramps north to Alda. 2. The Property and proposed driveway on the Property have access in close proximity to U.S. Interstate 80. 3. The primary tourist season of the neighboring Crane Trust Nature & Visitors Center and the unique spring migration of wildlife through the area is generally between February 1 and April 15. 4. Sand and gravel extraction is one of the few mining and extraction activities available